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Montaigne's Doubts in the Digital World

Summary/Abstract: The essay deals with the contemporary forms of skepticism related to Internet and social media in particular. There are two main sources of digital skepticism today. The overwhelming information and the pluralism of opinions hamper the judgement and make it difficult to attain certainty in everyday beliefs. On the other hand, the modern philosophy and science hold sway over the contemporary understanding of knowledge as certain, theoretical and universal representation of the world. The clash between the two opposing attitudes – the insecurity in social media as a main source of information and the quest for certainty in knowledge creates the digital skepticism that further leads to suspicion and ressentiment. The essay demonstrates the negative outcomes from the digital skepticism and finds a remedy in the skeptical tolerance presented in the philosophy and essays of Montaigne.

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